More Thoughts and Tips on Formatting for Cold Hard Type
Eventually all those who are included in the book project will have to type out their manuscripts. I explored formatting issues yesterday. Again, it seems like the next strategy is to match up a Word document to the format requirements. Document settings will vary based on the typewriter’s typeface. I set the Document margins at…
Typing a Clean Copy for Cold Hard Type
It is no easy thing to type a clean copy of a manuscript. I tinkered with formatting today. Using and adjusting Richard Polt’s template helped. I reformatted my digital document accordingly. Then comes setting the margins for the material page in the typewriter. Once the typing begins, it’s easy to make a mistake. The phone…
Nocturnal Typewriter
After a day of teaching, grading papers, and preparing lesson plans, I put on some work-conducive music (lately Philip Glass or Django Reinhardt) and get to work on Cold Hard Type. As a person who is easily distracted, I create environments that intensify my focus. (I rarely can read or write in public unless a…
Intertextual voices . . . more drafting.
I am reworking a section of my story for Cold Hard Type–rather, I should say that we are. My girlfriend has supplied the poetry created by the female voice. The handwritten notes are notations written by the male voice. The question of the exact nature of the intertextual relationship between the two voices hopefully will…
The Untimely Typewriter:Daily Writings Against the Tides of Distraction 